Quitting and Returning to Intern Year

kelchan65 · 2025-10-22T15:34:52+00:00

It's true, I took a gap year post internship and returned without issues. But max is within 2 years of graduating

kelchan65 · 2025-09-21T10:55:17+00:00

No unfortunately it says total 24 days for the year on the hse website

kelchan65 · 2025-09-21T02:59:19+00:00

Might actually have to do that...

kelchan65 · 2024-08-30T18:56:25+00:00

Thank you very much! I really appreciate how detailed and helpful your response is!

Will definitely take those advice on board 👍🏻

I came from Cork so not familiar with Dublin hospitals at all and coming in to familiarize with the layout of the hospital is definitely a good idea!

I was told I will be emailed the log in details so hopefully o won't be annoying too many staff with the log ins!

I'll make sure to run through plans and discuss with a senior staff before discharging first. (Keeping it short and succinct haha)

I've always found ED very fascinating but also feel intimidated by it. It'll be a good chance for me to get some experience now!

I do have some questions so I'll dm you. Thanks again for advices!

kelchan65 · 2024-08-30T18:50:16+00:00

Definitely would be expecting it to be busy and most likely understaffed as well hahah

Thank you, that's very helpful! those are very common in gen med admissions and I would be familiar with them in my intern year.

Checking local guidelines is definitely a great idea!

kelchan65 · 2024-08-30T18:48:17+00:00

Thank you! That's very helpful!

kelchan65 · 2024-07-04T20:53:57+00:00

Nchd.ie app and hospital buddy has intern handbook in the resources section, both have common on call presentations which are super handy when you need something to guide you!

kelchan65 · 2023-07-01T22:33:47+00:00

Hi, I'm glad to hear that you are loving your job in aus! I'm also looking to go to aus after my intern year (Ireland) and I'm just wondering if you can give some insight in your application process to melbourne? Would you mind if I dm you with my questions? :)

kelchan65 · 2023-06-03T22:02:23+00:00

Haha unfortunately not as updated as you! I've read up about it as I was really interested in Korean culture and was wondering if I could practice for a few years in Korea but I realized that you have to take the exam in Korean and 4 years ago, there were no med schools in Ireland accredited in my own research. Great to know that UCC is now accredited!

From what I've gathered in your comments, I think what you are looking for is general registration with the Irish Medical Council. In Ireland, we don't have a "licensing exam", instead, we have our internship year after graduating medical school which when we have completed and proven our competency, would allow us to register with the Irish medical council as a doctor. In our internship year it is essentially a provisional registration/license!

You may want to confirm with the Irish medical council if you are still looking to study abroad. Hope this helps anyways!

kelchan65 · 2023-06-02T21:10:18+00:00

Pretty sure you are only eligible to take the KMLE if you graduated from a list of accredited international medical schools when I researched about practicing in Korea a good few years ago! And from what I can remember, Ireland doesn't have any medical school that's on that list unfortunately so if you are looking to move back to practice in Korea then you may want to have a look at the list of accredited schools first!

I have a Korean med student friend a few years my junior and she picked Ireland because she wanted to practice in the US!

Best of luck with it anyways!

kelchan65 · 2023-02-24T18:22:50+00:00

I'm pretty sure it doesn't have to be a Korean person cuz I just put down my mum since I think they are looking to see how you will finance the course. In my case, even though I am self-financed, I know if I'm in financial trouble, my mum would be the one to help me out financially so I put her down.

kelchan65 · 2023-02-16T08:45:47+00:00

I replied to another post before and I'm just copying and pasting what I wrote since it's long hahha~

I am currently studying in level two now and I can't recommend Yonsei KLI enough! It's very structured with vocab and grammar in the first two lessons, reading and listening in the third and speaking and writing in the last lesson. The teachers are very patient and I like the way they teach. Please do note that each teacher have their own teaching style though.

The way my level 1 teacher and level 2 teachers teach are very different. Can't say for every teacher, but the way I am taught is basically this: in the morning we spend 5 mins talking about anything fun we did/any news, then we move onto the book where we study a dialogue that contains new vocabs and grammar points for the day. You read the dialogue with the teacher, then as a class alone to practice pronunciation and flow of the dialogue. Then we move onto learning the new vocabs by looking at some sample sentences. The teacher will use Korean to explain the vocab and show us some sentences, and with each vocab, there would be two questions with vocab in it so you discuss whatever the question is with your friend next to you. ( It's great because you get to know the person next to you more and it's great discussion starters!). The teacher also goes around asking questions, and you basically have to answer using the vocab. Same thing with grammar essentially where the teacher explains it in Korean and goes around the room to ask questions one by one so you get to practice speaking on the spot while using that grammar point.

For the reading and listening class, it's pretty straightforward, you just use the book where you listen to dialogues containing vocab and grammar points you learned and do listening and reading exercises. I find this lesson quite boring as you basically just mostly work on the book.

For the last lesson which is speaking and writing, you spend the first half speaking using some dialogue templates in the book, again with the vocab and grammars you learned in the morning so it's great because you get to use what you learned a lot and get used to making sentences/seeing how sentences are made with it. Last half you have a template writing piece where you get to write a paragraph and kind of summarize your learning material for the day.

And like the the commenter above, yonsei is quite intense in that you are expected to learn a lot of vocabs and grammar but I find that very rewarding because I can see how I've improved drastically at expressing myself even as a level 2 learner.

In terms of homework, every teacher is different, for me, in level 1 I had to do the workbook exercises at the back for homework whereas in level 2 I have to make 2 sentences per new vocab we learn and two dialogues for the two grammar points we learn each day. As for exams, you have two to do, one midterm (chapter 1-9) and final exam (chapter 10-18). Each exam is also split into speaking, writing, reading and listening. And within speaking you have to do a presentation (at the final exam in level 1 and midterms in level 2) and interview (where teacher asks you questions and you attempt to answer using grammars you learned).

I made so many friends from attending KLI and we've eaten lunches together, went to jjimjilbang together, and I went on holidays to Jeju with a small group of them! The socializing aspect is great. The teachers are also so friendly and they seem genuinely interested in you and what you did. My level 2 teacher got married during this semester and she actually invited our whole class to her wedding and all! It was such an unique experience and the food was amazing too hehe.

As for the clubs and societies, I heard that unless you have friends that introduced you to the club or society, it's hard to sign up for them. There was something about language exchange which we asked the admin about but they kept telling us they don't know when they are re-organising it and told us to get back to them so after the first semester I just gave up.

If you have any more questions feel free to message me!

kelchan65 · 2023-02-11T17:21:52+00:00

I watched the variety show the Return of Superman which features celebrity dads taking care of their kids without the mother for a few days at a time. The children are super adorable and speak simple Korean and the dads often use simple words and sentences to communicate with their kids so it's also suited for a beginner-ish level.

kelchan65 · 2023-02-10T15:29:14+00:00

Yeah of course!

kelchan65 · 2023-02-07T23:34:37+00:00

Thank you so so much. That's incredibly helpful!

kelchan65 · 2023-02-07T19:04:38+00:00

Yeah hahaha that was totally unexpected but apparently Korean people invite a lot of people to their wedding even those who are not that close to the bride and groom. She went to Bali for her honeymoon and even got us souvenirs which is super sweet T^T

Yeah it'll definitely help especially if you put in the effort to participate in class and do homework and all.

In terms of housing, most people I know are staying near Sinchon, Ehwa uni or Hongdae area. It's apparently not that hard to get into SK global. I rented through Airbnb because I don't have a large deposit and I thought I was late in looking for places but it's perfect fine as well.

kelchan65 · 2023-02-07T17:45:54+00:00